Hand bag and the like



Aug. 17,1926. 1,596,349

H. J. GUENTHER HAND BAG AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 19, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 H. J. GUENTHER HAND BAG AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 19, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .tk \\x\\\\\\ "emits see we see IJI E.

Application filed isnuary 19, 1926. Serial No. 82,2?b.

The invention relates to certain improvements in hand bags and s1m1larluggege,pro-

-11 d s mouth deiioin frame comprise -shoped members hinged at them meetm sods and attached to the marginal edges e bog month, said edges being provided h :1 intense gagged end disengaged. by s. slioex', these ele- I ents cohst-ituting means foe completely closing the month when the slide! is moved in one clii"ectioii, and permitting the bag mouth to be fully opened When'the slider is moved to its extreme position in. the other direction.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is s perspective view of a bag of the club type provided with the closing means, the being shown 11!. fully opened position.

Fig. 2 is e perspective view showing the has; closed.

his. 3 is e fragmentary perspective view showing the bag partly open with the shder in one extreme position.

opposite end of the bag with the slider approaching its opposite extreme position.

Hotel-ring to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the bag made of leather or suitable fabric, provided With the usual handles attached to the sides, the mouth of the bag in open position being substantially rectsngm is? and being defined by s motel frame secured to the edges of the mouth and comprising iii-shaped sections 2-2 connected at their free ends by pivots 33 so that, when the bag is closed, the frame sections come together as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4-.

"it has been customary to lock or fasten the mouths of such bags by various mechanical devices, such is locks, latches, hooks and the like attached to the members of the frame, and the ohjectof the present intention isto dispense with these more or less expensive and complicated fastening moons to en1- i loy lieu thereof fastening device that will lock the mouth of the beg throughout the extent of the edges of the month, which device may he quichlv and readily operated to loch and unlock t e beg b means of a slidergehgegiog spaced interochihg mom mg members ads ted to be en-' E i is a fragmentary elevation of the bees secured to the edges of the mouth of the gestured to the edges of the mouth by stitchini or other suitable means, and substantial coextensive with the members 22 of the frame, are two stringers 4 4: 11f tape-like fabric, to which see attached a ties of hook-like member's 5-5, arranged in staggered relation on the opposite stringers and adapted to be mutually engaged and disengaged by means of a slider "6 Une end of each of the stringers 44l with its associated interlocking members terminates adjacent one of the frame pivots 3 and is provided with the usual stop 5 which limits the movement of the slider in the closing 0peration of the latter. The opposite ends of the stringers are-extended freely beyond the opposite pivot 3 of the bag frame and are connected together at the extremities of the free extensions by means of a tab 8 which, if desired, may take the form of o cord holding device. As indicated in Figs 2., 2 and 3, the free extensions ot the stringers are indicated at 7-'? so that, when the bag is closed, said extensions and the means connecting the extremities thereof depend below thehinge or pivot of the bag frame.

[he object of the free extensions 7-4 are to enable the sliderto be mo ved in the. opening operation out of engagement with the interlocking members 5-5 which are closely con nected with the edges of the bog mouth ed jecent the frame members, and occupy the free extensions of the stringers, thereby permitting the frame and the bog mouth to be opened fully as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Whet 1 claim is:

1. A be comprising a body portion, and s mouth efining frame including two substsntially iJ-shaped sections pivoted together at their meeting ends, a fastener compri ing stringers carrying interlocking members and a slider adapted to cause the members to engage and disengage, said stringers being connected to the edges of the bag mouth and terminating at one end adjacent one pivot of the frame, the opposite ends of the stringers extending freely beyond the adjacent frame 7 pivot to form free te 'minals, and means conmeeting the extremities of said terminals togethee,

2. A bag having a rectangular mouth desaid tree ends being connected at their exfining frame pivoted at opposite sides, and tremities, interlocking members carried by fastening means comprising stringers sonsaid stringers, and a slider engaging said 10 nected to the edges of the bag mouth in stringers to lock and unlock said members. 5 alignment with the members of the frame, In testimony whereof I 'aflix my signaone end of each stringer extending freely ture. beyond the pivot at one side of-the frame, HENRY: J. GUENTHER. 

